8/8/23 Update: Trumbull Babe Ruth 14 Year Old All Stars lost a hard fought battle to Arlington, Virginia this morning by a score of 2-1.
Eric Story was exceptional on the mound firing 5 full innings while only giving up 2 runs (none of them earned). Luke McDermott fired a perfect 6th inning in relief to help keep up the strong pitching display for Trumbull.
JJ Scavone earned the Ron Tellefsen Player Of The Game award for contributing with a single, walk, and scoring Trumbull’s lone run in the game.
We are back in action tomorrow for our fourth and final pool play game against Arlington, Washington at 6:00pm.
“We lost in a hard fought battle against a very good Arlington, VA team. Both teams had their chances to win the game, give Arlington their credit, they did just a little bit more than we did. I told our guys there are a few very good teams with losses under their belt in pool play. We are in a fortunate position that we control our own destiny in pool play. We need to win tomorrow to advance to the championship round which features the top 8 teams in the country. Our boys are grinders, they play for each other, and love playing in big games. I am excited to watch them take the field tomorrow night against Arlington, Washington.” ~ Mike Buswell
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8/7/23 Update: Trumbull won their version of the Backyard Brawl by defeating Beckley, West Virginia 11-3 in a highly competitive game that featured an hour long lightning and thunder delay.
JJ Scavone, Ryan DeMelo, and Luke McDermott did a tremendous job by combining to limit a potent Beckley offense to 3 runs over 7 innings.
Trumbull came out swinging the bats lead by Dillon Sakowich who had 3 hits and 4 RBI’s. Luke McDermott had 2 hits and 3 runs scored, JJ Scavone had 2 hits and 2 RBI’s, Eric Story had 2 hits both being doubles. CJ Lenzen, Dean Kalmanides, and Michael Roman all collected hits as well.
Sam O’Keefe was excellent in centerfield by throwing out a Beckley base runner on a huge sac fly attempt that resulted in an inning ending double play.
Michael Roman earned the Ron Tellefsen Player Of The Game award for his contributions at the plate as well as making two outstanding plays in the outfield including 7 total putouts!
We are back in action at Virginia Credit Union Stadium on Tuesday morning 8:00am for our third pool play game against Arlington, Virginia.
“Our coaching staff cannot be more proud of our team. We are seeing contributions 1 through 9 in the batting lineup including key contributions off the bench. We are right where we want to be at 2-0 in pool play heading into our bye day tomorrow. We are looking forward to the rest day before finishing pool play strong against Arlington, Virginia and Arlington, Washington.” ~ Manager Mike Buswell
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8/25/23 Update: The boys came out firing on all cylinders as we defeated Australia 11-0 in our opening round of pool play. Ryan DeMelo and CJ Lenzen combined on a 5 inning one hitter!
Eric Story lead an 11 hit attack by collecting 3 hits while also earning the Ron Tellefsen Player Of The Game award!
Trumbull also stole 13 bases including three by Dillon Sakowich and two each by Ryan DeMelo, Sam O’Keefe, and Brayden Jagoe.
We are back in action tomorrow for our second pool play game against Beckley, West Virginia at 3:30pm.
https://www.jockjive.com/ is providing live stream of all World Series games!
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Original Post: The Trumbull Babe Ruth 14U baseball team won the Connecticut State Championship and the New England Regional Tournament and is headed for the Babe Ruth World Series in Fredericksburg, VA! Congratulations to the team!
Here's the schedule for the first 4 games:
- Saturday, August 5 at 3:30 pm vs Australia
- Sunday, August 6 at 3:30 pm vs West Virginia
- Tuesday, August 8 at 8:00 am vs Virginia
- Wednesday, August 9 at 6:00 pm vs Washington
All games will be live streamed beginning August 5 by Jock Jive Sports Network. Anyone interested in watching the games will need to subscribe to the World Series on http://www.jockjive.com/ at a price of $30 to stream all 41 games. The subscription fee does not benefit the Town of Trumbull or the Babe Ruth team.
We will post results and other updates here on the Town website. Please join us in wishing the team the best of luck!